SILVICULTURE AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF EUCALYPT PLANTATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN US
Demand for hardwood from plantation-grown stands for pulp and bio-energy in the southern US is more than 90 million tons per year and is increasing. In the specific case of bio-energy and pulp, demand for biomass from eucalypts could approach 20 million tons/year by the year 2022. Fast growing speci...
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| description | Demand for hardwood from plantation-grown stands for pulp and bio-energy in the southern US is more than 90 million tons per year and is increasing. In the specific case of bio-energy and pulp, demand for biomass from eucalypts could approach 20 million tons/year by the year 2022. Fast growing species and hybrids of Eucalyptus are being evaluated to partially fill this demand gap. Though widely grown in a number of countries for pulp as well as for bio-energy, eucalypts in the southern US have not been extensively researched. Initial growth rates of 18 to 36 green tons/ha/year on rotation lengths of 6 to 8 years are possible. Current estimated costs for energy production from eucalypts in the Southern US are estimated at $3.10 to $3.49 per MBtu, where landowner required return rates on reforestation capital invested range from 6 to 14 percent. Eucalypts as a bio-energy feedstock can be competitive with coal in cost per BTU in the southern US. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3fc95655b180464cbc6b6ed63ace8c282022-12-21T23:51:41ZengNorth Carolina State UniversityBioResources1930-21262012-02-017219942001SILVICULTURE AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF EUCALYPT PLANTATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN USDerek Dougherty,Jeff WrightDemand for hardwood from plantation-grown stands for pulp and bio-energy in the southern US is more than 90 million tons per year and is increasing. In the specific case of bio-energy and pulp, demand for biomass from eucalypts could approach 20 million tons/year by the year 2022. Fast growing species and hybrids of Eucalyptus are being evaluated to partially fill this demand gap. Though widely grown in a number of countries for pulp as well as for bio-energy, eucalypts in the southern US have not been extensively researched. Initial growth rates of 18 to 36 green tons/ha/year on rotation lengths of 6 to 8 years are possible. Current estimated costs for energy production from eucalypts in the Southern US are estimated at $3.10 to $3.49 per MBtu, where landowner required return rates on reforestation capital invested range from 6 to 14 percent. Eucalypts as a bio-energy feedstock can be competitive with coal in cost per BTU in the southern US.http://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_07_2_1994_Dougherty_W_Silviculture_Economic_Eval_Eucalypt_US/1479EucalyptsEucalyptusPlantationsBio-energySouthern United States |
| spellingShingle | Derek Dougherty, Jeff Wright SILVICULTURE AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF EUCALYPT PLANTATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN US BioResources Eucalypts Eucalyptus Plantations Bio-energy Southern United States |
| title | SILVICULTURE AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF EUCALYPT PLANTATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN US |
| title_full | SILVICULTURE AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF EUCALYPT PLANTATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN US |
| title_fullStr | SILVICULTURE AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF EUCALYPT PLANTATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN US |
| title_full_unstemmed | SILVICULTURE AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF EUCALYPT PLANTATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN US |
| title_short | SILVICULTURE AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF EUCALYPT PLANTATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN US |
| title_sort | silviculture and economic evaluation of eucalypt plantations in the southern us |
| topic | Eucalypts Eucalyptus Plantations Bio-energy Southern United States |
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